Reproducibility of Computational Results in Physical Science: A Benchmark of Rerun Success

Authors

  • Gerwin Gerstlauer Centre for Metascience, Hegau Institute for Future Science, Singen, Germany Author
  • Gunvor-M Hallikainen Department of High Performance Computing, Nuuksio Centre for Anticipatory Research, Vihti, Finland Author
  • Bohumila Cvrcek Centre for Computational Science, Trebicsko Institute for Future Science, Trebic, Czech Republic Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22676473

Keywords:

Reproducibility of Computational Results in Physical Science; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Reproducibility of Computational Results in Physical Science has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a
wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for reproducibility of computational results in physical science, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2024-03-12